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Blotter for Aug. 2
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:An Aiken man reported Friday that someone broke into his home on Bellingham Drive, the second break-in at his residence in the last...
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Aiken officials, Council to discuss Gem Lakes updates
Aiken City Council will meet Monday to receive updates regarding the ongoing road construction in the Gem Lakes extension area.The 5 p.m. work session is open to the public in room 204 in the Municipal...
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Aiken's Engineering and Utilities Department temporarily relocated
The City of Aiken's Engineering and Utilities Department was temporarily relocated this week for emergency repairs.Staff were relocated from 245 Dupont Drive to the former Public Safety Community...
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Aiken Standard promotes three to new positions
Three familiar faces have taken on new roles with the Aiken Standard.The Aiken Standard has promoted three employees to new positions within the newsroom.Former chief copy editor Holly Ellington was...
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Santee Cooper interns gain valuable experience
MONCKS CORNER — Each year, twelve gifted South Carolina college students apply their knowledge from textbooks and labs to a hands-on learning experience as Santee Cooper Environmental Interns.The...
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Education Matters conference prepares students for the challenges of being...
Fifth-grader Skylar Harvin skillfully performed a choreographed handshake with her dad, George, in between sessions at the second Education Matters, "Are You Ready to be Grown" Conference.The handshake...
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Hopelands Summer Concert to feature Chris Ndeti
Singer songwriter Chris Ndeti will take the main stage Monday night to continue the 41st annual Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series.The free concert, held by the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation and...
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Report: S.C. one of the most lenient in traffic laws
Speed kills.This phrase has been told to everyone at least once during a driver's education course.Many also have been made aware of the traffic laws that have been put into place to help reduce...
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Boil water advisory for Sharyn Lane and Bonniview Estates in Aiken
A boil water advisory was announced Saturday night for Sharyn Lane and Bonniview Estates in Aiken.City of Aiken Engineering and Utilities crews were working Saturday to repair a water main break on...
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St. John pastor shares troubled path to ministry
The Rev. Kristin Dollar's life was a clash of ups and downs, questions about God and times of depression. Then, while pursuing her undergraduate at Furman University, one of the newest additions to St....
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Aikenites join Jeb's veterans committee
Three Aiken residents, all family members, are on a committee spearheaded by Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush that aims to scope veterans needs across the Palmetto State.The former governor...
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Blotter of Aug. 3
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office:An Aiken woman reported Saturday that a man who is a member of her household attacked her at her home on Turbyfill Lane and put his...
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Aiken graduate studies ice in Alaska
A 1999 Aiken High student is about as far from Aiken as one can get without falling off the edge of the earth.Joshua Markland Jones is aboard the Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy in the Northern Chukchi...
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Doctor speaks on Civil War medicine
According to Dr. Yusuf Saleeby, The Civil War was considered a dark time in medicine.Saleeby, director of Priority Health of South Carolina in Murrells Inlet, spoke on the time period of 1861 to 1865...
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Sheriff's Office investigating Sunday morning shooting in Beech Island
BEECH ISLAND — A 40-year-old Atlanta man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting early Sunday morning on Sand Bar Ferry Road near Cary Drive."We were notified about the shooting at 12:19...
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Woman arrested after alleged stabbing incident
A 25-year-old Aiken woman was arrested for criminal domestic violence Saturday after an alleged stabbing incident at a home on Maybelle Lane.The 28-year-old male victim and the subject had been...
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Warrenville man arrested following chase
A 23-year-old Warrenville man was arrested by an Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy following a chase Saturday during which the subject allegedly ran two stop signs in his truck.According to the...
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Aiken Design Review Board to discuss building height, parking
The Aiken Design Review Board will meet Tuesday to discuss building height guidelines in the Old Aiken Overlay District.The 5:30 p.m. public work session will be held in room 204 in the Municipal...
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SRS turns small business to big money
Small business equals big business for Savannah River Site contractors and the site's Department of Energy office, as the various groups collectively generated more than $170 million in revenue through...
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Rangos, former maker of Augusta National's pimento cheese, dead at 86
Nick Rangos, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 86 in Aiken, was a man of many talents and interests.He was involved in the restaurant, catering and swimming pool businesses. He also built houses, owned...
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